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A smiling man sits on an ornate silver-trimmed red velvet throne before a red draped backdrop, a microphone on a stand beside him. He wears a rust-brown turban with a vertical tilak on the forehead, brown-orange robes with gold borders, a heavy gold necklace with a gold pendant, gold hoop earrings, and a long garland of white and pink lotus flowers draped over his shoulders. A silver cow-finial armrest and a red thread on his wrist are visible. Appearance-based identification is probable: Swamiji (probable), seated in the role of a discourse speaker and guru on a throne, with the turban, saffron-brown robes, rudraksha-style gold adornments and garland as the qualifying cues.